Use of Variational Assimilation of Multi-platform Observations for an Optimal Description of the Vertical Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea

Anna Teruzzi1, Laura Mariotti2, Gianpiero Cossarini3, Stefano Salon3, Alessandro Crise2 and Cosimo Solidoro4, (1)National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy, (2)Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy, (3)National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), Trieste, Italy, (4)National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Trieste, Italy